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Showing 48814890 of 59246 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 June 2009 n° 08-10.350 · Cass. com. 22 October 1996 · Cass. 1re civ. 22 May 1991 · Cass. 1re civ. 10 July 1996 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 April 2003

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Use of life cycle costing as an award criterion

Article R2152-9

…ources;c) Maintenance costs;d) Costs related to end-of-life, such as collection and recycling costs;2° Costs attributed to environmental externalities and related to the product, service or work durin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise of a professional activity

Article L2123-9

Mayors, on the one hand, and deputy mayors, on the other hand, who, in order to exercise their mandate, have ceased their professional activity, benefit, if they are employees, from the provisions of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Judgement on the application to remain in the waiting zone

Article R342-9

When an order puts an end to the holding in the waiting zone and the public prosecutor considers that he does not have to ask the first president of the court of appeal to declare the appeal suspensiv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Automated national register of refusals to take blood samples

Article R1232-9

A refusal to take a sample may be revoked at any time by the person concerned, under the same conditions as those laid down for the application for registration by article R. 1232-7. A certificate of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of assignment to one or more regulated jobs

Article R4733-9

The labour inspector referred to in article L. 8112-1 will check, as a matter of urgency, and at the latest within two working days of the date of submission or receipt of the information sent by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internship in speech and language therapy with a practitioner.

Article D4341-9

…of the training supervisor, in the professional acts which the latter usually performs. The student may not receive any remuneration, either from his training supervisor or from patients, for his acti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-100

…esenting the mutual's contribution to the establishment of the "unions" provided for in article L. 322-26-3 may be deducted from this fund.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article L522-10

Decrees or orders approving establishments as general shops may include authorisation for the operator to open a public sales room for wholesale goods.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-10

No person may exercise, directly or indirectly, in law or in fact, on a voluntary or remunerated basis, sports management or training functions either in an association or company employing sportsmen…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Conduct of the procedure

Article L813-10

…n enabling an assessment to be made of his/her right to move or reside, the verification operations may give rise, after informing the public prosecutor, to the taking of fingerprints or photographs i…

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